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Puggle Hollow 2015

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Puggle Hollow

House Notes – Puggle Hollow

This is a straw bale house built by Brian Hodge, author of Building Your Straw Bale Home. This is a one of a kind featuring Red Iron bark bush poles in the construction as well as red ironbark milled on the property as benches to the bathrooms. There are too many features to mention so come along and meet Brian, who will be on site to answer any questions you have about straw bale building. If this is the house for you you’re in luck as it has just been put on the market. So if you fall in love with Puggle Hollow she could be yours.

 

Sustainability Features

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2015
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans

    • Active heating cooling:
    • Air pump to bring cool night air into the building
    • Water heating:
    • Electric
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground storage
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • Rhino tank
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 75,000
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Straw bales, timber frame and floor including non structural timber in appropriate applications which would otherwise be waste material.
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Bricks
      Timber
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
      Floor
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Bulk insulation
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • R7-3
    • Floor Type:
    • Timber with blue stone crazy pave in front of northern window and in wet areas
    • Floor Rating:
    • R2.0
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Straw bale external walls with earthen render. Internal walls are straw filled timber framed walls with earthen render.
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • External walls approximately R7.00
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Energy star rating:
    • 6.3
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 18 square
    • Window and Door Types
    • Louvre windows
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 3
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 2
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Water wise plants
      Native plants
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • Straw, Earthen render, Cotton material ceiling lining.
Location
Ladys Pass VIC 3820
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • Owner

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